Fun included swimming for hours in the canal, which was about a half of a block from home. In the yard was an old barn which had a lot of knot holes in it. Neighbor kids would come and divide up into two teams. One side would be on the outside of the barn while the other was on the inside. Rubber guns were then used to shoot through the holes at each other. If you were hit by a rubber band you were then to play dead. Many hours were spent arguing if you were hit or not. Wood tag was another popular game. A person could travel the whole yard without touching the ground. At night they would play under the street light, games like run sheepy run, kick the can, etc. On the south of the yard was a pit (root cellar) and they would go and lay on this cellar and look at Bessy Allred’s delicious red apples. From this lookout point they could see Bessy’s window and would watch to see if the curtain would move. Many hours were spent reading books from the library.